BRAHMA RISHI VISWAAMITRA

RAMAYANA

     Indra called unto him the celestial damsel Rambha, and enjoined on her as a vital service to the Devas, to employ all her art to bring Viswaamitra under the spell of her charm, and divert him from his purpose. She was sorely afraid, but Indra assured her that she would not be left alone, but be accompanied by the God of love and the Spirit of Springtime would be with her for support. Unwillingly she went and as she entered the precincts of the hermitage, the forest blossomed into vernal beauty, and the south wind blew gently laden with the scent of flowers, and kokilas burst into song. Love and Spring were both there to assist Beauty. Disturbed by stirrings to which he had long been a stranger, Viswaamitra opened his eyes and saw a smiling damsel of surpassing beauty, who seemed the very soul of the spring with its flowers and fragrance and song. At this vision of soft voluptuousness a white heat of anger surged through him as he recognized in it another  temptation thrown in his way by the envious gods, and he cursed the temptress. " O Rambha , for seeking tempt me who am striving to conquer anger and desire, be thou frozen to an image of stone for ten thousand years." 

     

     But this explosion of rage made him see how far he was from the fulfillment  of his purpose and sadly he quieted the Himalayan forests, and sought the solitude of the east.  There, he restrained his breathing, gave up all thought of the things of the  things of the world, and performed austerities so stern that smoke and flames issued from his body and enveloped the universe. Then at the prayer of the panic-stricken gods, Brahma again appeared before him, and hailed him as Brahma Rishi--"All hail, Brahma Rishi, I am pleased with you . Blessed be your life." Viswaamitra was happy.

     But humbly he said: "How can I be happy unless from Vasishtha's lips I hear that I am a Brahma Rishi?"

     Vasishtha smiled remembering his fight with Viswaamitra, and said him:" You have achieved the fruit of your great austerities. Indeed you are a Brahma Rishi, my brother." There was joy all round. 

   This was the story of the sage that arrived suddenly at Dasaratha"s court.

BHAGAVAD-GITA

2-9

Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Krishna, "Govinda, I shall not fight," and fell silent.

2-10

O descendant of Bharata, at the time Krishna, smiling , in the midst of both the armies, spoke the following words to the following words to the grief-stricken Arjuna. 

2-11

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what not worthy of grief, Those who are lament neither for the living nor for the dead. 

2-12

Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.

పోతన భాగవతము

1-16

ఆ సమయంలో ఒక రాజశ్రేష్ఠుడు నా కన్నుల ముందు సాక్షాత్కరించాడు. మేఘం ప్రక్కన మెఱపులాగా ఆయన చెంగట ఒక అంగన ఉన్నది. చంద్ర మండలంలో నుంచి అమృతంలాగా ఆయన ముఖంలో మందహాసం చిందుతూ ఉంది. తమాలవృక్షాన్ని చుట్టుకొన్న తీగలాగా ఆయన భుజాగ్రాన ధనస్సు వ్రేలాడు తున్నది. నీలగిరి శిఖరాన ప్రకాశించే భాను బింబములాగా ఆయన శిరస్సు పై కిరీటం విరాజిల్లుతూ ఉంది.  ఈ విధంగా విచ్చిన తెల్లదామర రేకులవంటి కన్నులతో, విశాలమైన వక్షస్థ్సలంతో, విశ్వమంగళ స్వరూపంతో, ఆ రాజశేఖరుడు నా కందోయికి విందుచేశాడు. 

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